There is no longterm political news that is worse for the Republican Party than this.
Uh, he only joined the Party so he could stand out from the crowded dem field.
the GOP only let him do it because they care more about an “R” being elected then principles.
Guess Bloomberg now wants to pretend to be above both parties becaus no one like either of them. If he had guts, he would run as the liberal Democrat he is.
He had to do it. He got too tired of waiting for the party to ask him to leave.
Hitlery must be pissed. Another liberal, like Nader, to siphon off votes from her loon liberal base.
New York media level republicans are every single one of them a little bit weird. It must be something in the water.
Let’s see, perfect scenario would be Bloomberg running as an Independent and Nader running too. That should tilt the scales in the Republican candidate’s favor.
Wasn’t Bloomie a Democrat before he went to the Republican party?
Run, Bloomers, Run.
The left’s Ross Perot.
Addition by subtraction.
Ever since 1981, there’s been a Bush or a Clinton in the Executive branch.
Good! There are too many RINOS in the Republican party anyway. I hope the rest of them follow his lead.
Bloomberg Leaving GOP Move Could Signal Presidential Run
CBS) NEW YORK CBS 2 HD has learned New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leaving the Republican party and has announced he is currently unaffiliated with a political party.
The move will clearly begin advancing rumors that the mayor is gearing towards a presidential run, which he has denied in the past.
In a statement, however, Bloomberg indicated this doesn't change his plans for his political future.
"I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our City."
On Tuesday, Bloomberg was in California attending a conference at the University of Southern California along with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The pair appeared on this week's cover of Time magazine.
In his statement, Bloomberg went on to discuss his progress leading New York City.
“A nonpartisan approach has worked wonders in New York: we’ve balanced budgets, grown our economy, improved public health, reformed the school system and made the nation’s safest city even safer.
“We have achieved real progress by overcoming the partisanship that too often puts narrow interests above the common good. As a political independent, I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face.
“Any successful elected executive knows that real results are more important than partisan battles and that good ideas should take precedence over rigid adherence to any particular political ideology. Working together, there’s no limit to what we can do.”
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Gun grabbing Liberal putz.
I personally see him having greater impact on liberals/democrats. With regard to the GOP, it’s a cleaner, more healthy, and better smelling place without him. He really sucked nickels too.
Bingo .... he's going to try to throw the race to the Democrats.
I believe a Bloomberg campaign for POTUS would be favorable to the center-right coalition, because he would draw from the looney left. Nutroots and other fellow travelers would swoon over a Bloomberg candidacy.
McCain/Bloomberg or Hagel/Bloomberg. Watch it happen.
The first initial gasp was because people didn’t know he WAS a republican....
Precursor to an independent White House run?
Or just being a media whore drama queen ? Look at me! Look at me! Over here! I'm more important and rich than Paris!
Here's hoping that Rudy Giuliani does a similar honest assessment of his political views and pursues the same course of action.